Hendrix College is committed to providing
a workplace and educational environment, as well as other benefits, programs,
and activities, that are free from discrimination and harassment based on a
protected characteristic, and retaliation for engaging in a protected activity.
Hendrix College values and upholds the equal dignity of all members of
its community and strives to balance the rights of the parties in the grievance
process during what is often a difficult time for all involved.
To ensure compliance with federal, state, and local civil rights laws
and regulations, and to affirm its commitment to promoting the goals of
fairness and equity in all aspects of the education program or activity,
Hendrix College has developed policies and procedures that provide a prompt,
fair, and impartial process for those involved in an allegation of
discrimination or harassment on the basis of a protected characteristic, and
for allegations of retaliation.
Applicable Scope
The core purpose of this policy is
the prohibition of all forms of discrimination. Sometimes, discrimination
involves exclusion from activities, such as admission, athletics, or
employment. Other times, discrimination takes the form of harassment or, in the
case of sex-based discrimination, can encompass sexual harassment, sexual
assault, stalking, sexual exploitation, dating violence or domestic violence.
When an alleged violation of this anti-discrimination policy is reported, the
allegations are subject to resolution using “Process A” or “Process B,” as
determined by the Title IX Coordinator and as detailed below.
When the Respondent is a member of
the Hendrix College community, a grievance process may be available regardless
of the status of the Complainant, who may or may not be a member of the Hendrix
College community. This community includes, but is not limited to, students,
student organizations, faculty, administrators, staff, and third parties such
as guests, visitors, volunteers, invitees, and campers. The procedures below
may be applied to incidents, to patterns, and/or to the campus climate, all of
which may be addressed and investigated in accordance with this policy.
Hendrix
College recognizes that reports and/or Formal Complaints under this Policy may
include multiple forms of discrimination and harassment as well as violations
of other Hendrix College policies; may involve various combinations of
students, employees, and other members of the Hendrix College community; and
may require the simultaneous attention of multiple Hendrix College departments.
Accordingly, all Hendrix College departments will share information, combine
efforts, and otherwise collaborate, to the maximum extent permitted by law and
consistent with other applicable Hendrix College policies, to provide uniform,
consistent, efficient, and effective responses to alleged discrimination and
harassment or retaliation.
Community Expectations
All members of the Hendrix community are expected
to conduct themselves in a manner that does not infringe
upon the rights of others. This policy is intended to define community
expectations and to establish a mechanism for determining when those
expectations have been violated. Upon notice of gender or sex-based
discrimination as described by this policy, appropriate measures will be taken
to stop the conduct, remedy the effects on individuals and the Hendrix
community, and prevent recurrence.
Title IX Coordinator
The Hendrix College Title IX
Coordinator, Dr. Jennifer Fulbright, can be reached at Fulbright@hendrix.edu or 501-505-2901 and offices on campus at the
Student Life and Technology Center #150. The Title IX Coordinator has the
primary responsibility for coordinating efforts related to the intake, initial
assessment, investigation, resolution, and implementation of supportive
measures to stop, remediate, and prevent discrimination, harassment, and
retaliation prohibited under this Policy at Hendrix College.
The Title IX Coordinator serves as the investigator for Title IX
allegations involving student respondent(s), anonymous reports, and all others
not involving an employee respondent. The Deputy Title IX Coordinator serves as
the investigator for allegations involving employee respondent(s). The
investigator is responsible for gathering facts about an alleged violation of
this Policy, assessing relevance and credibility, synthesizing the evidence,
and compiling this information into an investigation report and file of
directly related evidence.
Independence
and Conflict-of-Interest
The Title
IX Coordinator manages the Title IX Team and acts with independence and
authority free from bias and conflicts of interest. The members of the Title IX
Team are vetted and trained to ensure they are not biased for or against any
party in a specific case, or for or against Complainants and/or Respondents,
generally.
To raise any concern involving bias, conflict of interest, misconduct,
or discrimination by the Title IX Coordinator contact the Vice President for
Human Resources, Vicki Lynn, at Lynn@hendrix.edu or (501)
450-1494.
Any
concerns of bias, potential conflict of interest, misconduct, or discrimination
by any other Title IX Team member or Official With Authority (OWA) should be
raised with the Title IX Coordinator, Dr. Jennifer Fulbright, at Fulbright@hendrix.edu or
501-505-2901.
Administrative Contact Information
Any member of the community who believes
they have experienced gender or sex-based discrimination or misconduct that
violates Hendrix College Title IX Policy should report that conduct in
person, via email or by telephone to:
Name: Jennifer Fulbright
Role: Director of Title IX and Title IX Coordinator
Office: Title IX Office, Student
Life & Technology Center, #150
Phone: 501-505-2901
Email: fulbright@hendrix.edu
In addition to the Title IX Coordinator, the following individuals have
been designated by Hendrix College as Officials with authority (OWA) to
institute corrective measures on behalf of Hendrix College and may receive
reports alleging possible policy violations. Once an OWA receives a report or
notice of an alleged violation of the Hendrix College Title IX policy, that OWA
shall immediately forward the information to the Title IX Coordinator for
review. The OWA shall not initiate the investigation process or contact any
other involved party.
Reports made to the Title IX Coordinator or any of the OWAs listed below
constitute actual knowledge on behalf of Hendrix College of an allegation of a
violation of the Title IX Sexual Harassment Policy.
Name: Bridgette Gray
Role: Assistant Manager, Human Resources & Deputy Title IX Coordinator
Office: Human Resources, 1545 Washington Avenue
Phone: 501-450-1415
Email: gray@hendrix.edu
Name: Vicki Lynn
Role: Vice President of Human Resources
Office: Human Resources, 1545 Washington Avenue
Phone: 501-450-3882
Email: lynn@hendrix.edu
Name: Dr. David Sutherland
Role: Interim Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost
Office: Fausett Hall, 2nd floor
Phone: 501-450-1273
Email: sutherlandd@hendrix.edu
Name: Michael LeBlanc
Role: Interim Vice President of Student Affairs/Dean of Students
Office: Student Life & Technology Center, Room 211
Phone: 501-450-1296
Email: leblanc@hendrix.edu
Name: Amy Weaver
Role: Director of Athletics
Office: Wellness and Athletics Center, #213
Phone: 501-450-3899
Email: weaver@hendrix.edu
Name: Brian Williams
Role: Director of Public Safety
Office: Office of Public Safety, 1553 Washington Avenue
Phone: 501-450-3833
Email: williamsb@hendrix.edu
Inquiries
may be made externally to:
Office
for Civil Rights (OCR)
U.S.
Department of Education
400
Maryland Avenue, SW
Washington,
D.C. 20202-1100
Customer
Service Hotline #: (800) 421-3481
Facsimile:
(202) 453-6012
TDD#:
(877) 521-2172
Email:
OCR@ed.gov
Web:
http://www.ed.gov/ocr
Office for Civil Rights,
Kansas City Office
U.S. Department of Education
One Petticoat Lane
1010 Walnut Street, Suite 320
Kansas City, MO 64106
Telephone: (816) 268-0550
Facsimile: (816) 268-0559
Email: OCR.KansasCity@ed.gov
For complaints involving employee-on-employee conduct: Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Training of Title IX Staff, Advisors, Hearing Officers, and Decision
Makers
Further information about the training materials from ATIXA may be located using this link: https://atixa.org/2020-regulations-requirement-posting-of-training-materials/